Hello, I'm Holly, founder of The Cadogan Flower Company (formerly Holly Cadogan Flowers). My love of flowers took off from a very early age. I would sit in the garden with my Nan picking rose petals and putting them into buckets of water to make concoctions of perfume, this would be followed by watching endless episodes of ground force on a Friday night. My Grandad on the other hand, owned a soil company and his extensive knowledge of this helped me in understanding the grounding for a good garden to grow an abundance of flowers.
When I was 6 I moved to East Grinstead. Our house had a very long winding garden which was overgrown and filled with hidden treasures that we are still discovering almost 20 years on. My earliest and fondest memories were getting my hands dirty in the garden, it now flourishes with beautiful flowers and interesting plants.
I met my husband Ricky at the age of 15 and we grew up together spending most of our time outdoors on his Grandad's land. He had two large poly-tunnels and a smaller one for growing vegetables. Shortly after we met I took a temp job in a florist shop and absolutely loved it. I had found my calling!! My hands were a wreck but my mind was buzzing from all of the flower varieties, colours and gorgeous scents.
In 2014 I started to grow flowers in one of the poly-tunnels. It's always trial and error but I felt like my first flowering year turned out better than expected. Ricky made me some large flower beds for my cutting garden. I am now an East Grinstead Florist and I take inspiration from trending wedding flowers. Each year I set out my plans for what I want to grow and the colour schemes so that I can use them in my designs. I can certainly say I have found my calling. I now have a son called Bear and we love to play with flowers together.
